This paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades … both approaches produce estimates of average returns to education that decrease until the late 1990s and increase … afterwards. The gender gap in returns to education seems to vanish. Furthermore, we find that the so-called "baby boomer" cohort …

education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains … adult education in OECD countries, on individual social capital. Training increases participation in civic, political, and …

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio …

effect only translates into labor income via the channel of education. Factor structure models are implemented on an …

smokers. According to a higher time-preference-rate we suppose a higher return to education for smokers who go further on … education. With our empirical fondings we can confirm the presumptions. We use interactions-terms to regress the average rate of … education than non-smokers. …

We analyze the effect of education on wages using German Socio-Economic Panel data and regional variation in mandatory … estimating the effect of education on cognitive skills. The results suggest that education after the eighth year does not seem to …

, overall, education and in particular labor market experience accumulated in the home countries of the immigrants receive …

employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups because of different levels of control …We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between …. We use the German Socio-economic Panel and account for the endogeneity of education and non-random selection. The results …